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Senior fellows in the Marty Center are scholars from the United States and other countries throughout the world, on sabbatical leave from their home institutions. At the Marty Center, they situate their research within a broader cultural frame of reference, bringing their perspectives to bear on religious questions facing the wider public.

The University Memorial Service in honor of Martin Riesebrodt (1948-2014) will be held on Thursday, March 12, at 4 pm in Swift Hall.
The service will include tributes from faculty colleagues and former students as well as musical selections. A reception will follow.

Senior fellows in the Marty Center are scholars from the United States and other countries throughout the world, on sabbatical leave from their home institutions. At the Marty Center, they situate their research within a broader cultural frame of reference, bringing their perspectives to bear on religious questions facing the wider public.

"Translation," says Wendy Doniger, the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School, "is the basis of all other scholarship. The very first thing you do when you study another culture is to learn the language and learn to translate the most important works in it.